About the event

CtrlZ.AI is a zine fair focused on technology and artificial intelligence (AI). It's a creative intervention for those who are critical of AI and what these new technologies have to offer us. While the discourse coming out of Silicon Valley breathlessly promotes the seemingly endless utility and potential of AI, most of the rest of us — especially those of us who are members of marginalized communities — view these technologies with skepticism and concern.

Ctrl + Z is the near-universal keyboard shortcut for "undo." The invocation of this keyboard command is meant to emphasize the idea of pause or reconsideration, rather than going backwards. CtrlZ.AI is a venue for expressing this sense of reflection on AI and other sociotechnical systems which impact us every day. We aim to be an inclusive platform for artists, technologists, researchers, activists, teachers, and students to showcase their zines and other DIY creations.

CtrlZ.AI will be held as an off-site event alongside the 2020 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (FAT*), an interdisciplinary conference focused on understanding and mitigating the harms of data-driven algorithmic systems. The CtrlZ.AI workshops are part of the FAT* CRAFT sessions. CRAFT aims to take a more holistic approach to issues of fairness in sociotechnical systems. By pairing CtrlZ.AI with FAT*, we hope to bring the academic research community into conversation with artists, activists, and diverse communities affected by algorithmic systems.

CtrlZ.AI is free and open to the public. You do not need to be registered for the FAT* conference to attend this zine fair!

Schedule

CtrlZ.AI will run 9am - 5pm. Drop by anytime thoughout the day! Two tracks of workshops will run throughout the day (pre-registration highly encouraged).

Workshop schedule:

9-9:45am
Counter Surveillance Yoga led by Jennifer Lee & Katherine Ye

12-12:45pm

Mapping Data Stories led by Micah Epstein
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C:// run “Co-designing Algorithms_of_late_Capitalism.zine” led by Internet Teapot

1-1:4pm
Nothing to Scry Over: Classification as Divination led by Xiaowei Wang
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Zine Lab: Examining the Cybernetics of Rac(e)(ism) led by Neta Bomani

2-2:45pm
Collective Vision of Synthetic Reality led by Lenka Hamosova & Pavol Rusnak
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ATMAC - The Advanced Technology Makeshift Advisory Council led by Sabrina Haas

3-3:4pm
The Oracle for Transfeminist Technologies led by Clara Juliano
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A Crack Inside the Museum - Problematizing the Computer Vision of Commercial AIs led by Lucas Nunes Sequeira & Rafael Tsuha

4-4:45pm
Our Relationship with AI: Exploring the Present + Dreaming Up Radical Futures led by Natalia Bilenko, Ria Kalluri, Rapha Gontijo Lopes, & Michelle Carney
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Exposing Algorithmic Ecologies led by Stop LAPD Spying Coalition & Free Radicals

Organizers

CtrlZ.AI is a joint project by Emily Denton and Alex Hanna, in collaboration with Tiny Tech Zines. CtrlZ.AI is inspired by Tiny Tech Zines (created by Rachel Simanjuntak, Tristan Espinoza, and Tyler Yin) and the New York Tech Zine Fair (created by Mimi Onuoha and Taeyoon Choi).

Additional information

Please contact us at info@ctrlz.ai if you have any questions. Visit our website (CtrlZ.AI) and follow us on social media to stay up to date!

Twitter: @ctrlz_ai_zines
Instagram: @ctrlz.ai